Five national chairmanship aspirants have picked forms ahead of the March 26 National Convention of the All Progressives Congress (APC).
Those who have picked the forms for the national chairmanship are: Malam Saliu Mustapha; a former governor of Nasarawa, Sen. Abdullahi Adamu; Sen. Tanko Al-Makura, also a former governor of Nasarawa; Minister of Special Duties and Inter-Governmental Affairs, Sen. George Akume and former governor of Zamfara State, Abdulaziz Yari.
The five aspirants have paid N100 million for the purchase of their forms.
The nomination form for the national chairman is pegged at N20 million.
About 4,000 delegates are expected from across the country for the APC national convention where new national executives will be elected to manage the party’s affairs.
The party is presently being managed by the Governor Mai Mala Buni-led CECPC.
The decision of Yari to pick the form runs contrary to the zoning agreed by the party’s stakeholders.
The APC had zoned the National Chairman to the North-Central whereas Yari is from North-West.
Senator Tijjani Kaura picked the national chairmanship form for Yari.
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When reminded that the party’s chairmanship position had been zoned to the North-Central by its leadership, Kaura said his group was not aware of that.
He said that the zoning of the party’s chairmanship position to the North-Central does not matter to Yari’s camp because it had some contending issues.
“As far as we are concerned there are contending issues concerning zoning.
“First, we are fully aware that the national championship has been zoned to the North and the presidency has been zoned to the South.
“As you are aware, all positions of the party that were hitherto in the South will go to the North. Zamfara being in the North is therefore well qualified.
“We are very ready for the party’s national convention slated for March 26,” Kaura stressed.
He added that Yari being one of the founding fathers of the APC had contributed immensely and greatly to its development and was ready to lead it to the next stage.
Mr. Ismaeel Ahmed, Youth Representative in APC Caretaker and Extra-ordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC) says the party’s zoning arrangement is a guide for its members not a constitutional issue.
Ahmed, who is the spokesman of the committee, said: “The zoning arrangement is a guide for members of the party and not a constitutional issue.”
Senator Barnabas Gemade was also at the APC secretariat to pick the form for Akume.
Gemade, who represented Benue East Constituency of Benue at the 9th Senate, was a former National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
The APC fixed its chairmanship form at N20 million and its National Secretary and Deputy National Chairman South and North forms at N10 million.
The forms for all other National Working Committee (NWC) positions will be sold at N5 million, while forms for all other National Executive Committee positions will be sold for N1 million.
Forms for other positions at the zones, with the exception of the National Vice-Chairman which is also a member of the NWC, would be sold at N500,000.
Forms will be sold to women and people with physical challenges at 50 per cent of the prescribed fees.
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